AND THURSDAY IS THE DEBT CEILING DEADLINE. IT IS A RULING THAT COULD MAKE HISTORY IN MICHIGAN BUT ONLY FOR A FEW HOURS. TOMORROW, IF A JUDGE RULES IN FAVOR OF A SAME SEX COUPLE, GAY MARRIAGE COULD BE LEGAL IF THE STAY FOR A SHORT WINDOW OF TIME. AS WILL JONES COMPLAINS. COUPLES MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO NOT MISS THAT POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY. WILL? DEVIN, YOU CAN BET THOSE SAME-SEX COUPLES WILL BE WATCHING CLOSELY WHAT HAPPENS HERE AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE TOMORROW. BUT REALITY IS NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS HERE, THIS FIGHT IS REALLY A LONG WAY FROM BEING OVER. MOTHERS TO THREE BEAUTIFUL ADOPTED CHILDREN, APRIL AND JAYNE, VIEW THEMSELVES AS AN AVERAGE FAMILY BUT SAY THE LAW SAYS OTHERWISE. THEY FILED A LAWSUIT LAST YEAR CHALLENGING THE VOTER APPROVED BAN ON GAY MARRIAGE. IT IS ABOUT LEGAL RIGHTS. THAT EVERYBODY THAT EVERY HETEROSEXUAL COUPLE HAS, THAT WE DO NOT HAVE. U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE COULD ISSUE A RULING WEDNESDAY IN THEIR CASE, WHETHER THE STATE'S BAN VIOLATES THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. SHOULD THE JUDGE LIFT THE BAN AND DECLINE TO ISSUE A STATE WHILE APPEALED. SAME SEX MARRIAGE WOULD BE LEGAL IN MICHIGAN UNTIL A HIGHER COURT OVERTURNS IT. IT COULD BE FOR A MATTER OF DAYS OR PERHAPS HOURS. SHOULD THAT HAPPEN, WASHTENAW CLERK WILL BEGIN TO ISSUE MARRIAGE LICENSES IMMEDIATELY. FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES. I THINK THERE IS A TREMENDOUS INTEREST AND TREMENDOUS DEMAND FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE UP TO NOW NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO LEGALLY MARRY. AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE BAN, HOPES THE JUDGE KEEPS THE LAW IN PLACE. WE SPOKE TO THE GROUP'S PRESIDENT OVER THE PHONE. IF YOU REDEFINE MARRIAGE ONCE YOU CANNOT REDEFINE IT UNTIL IT MEANS NOTHING AT ALL. FOR THIS COUPLE, THEY ARE WONDERING HOW LONG THEY WILL HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING, FOR EQUALITY. WE WANT ANSWER. WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT IS GOING. IF THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE ENDS OF OUR FIGHT. WE ARE EXPECTING A BIG CROWD HERE AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IF THAT RULING HAPPENS, YOU CAN BET A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE HEADING TO THEIR COUNTY CLERK'S OFF. BUT MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, HE WILL PLANNING TO FIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BAN IS UPHELD. WE'RE LIVE DOWNTOWN AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE. WILL JONES. SHE UTPUT THAT INTERESTINGLY. BEGINNING OF THE ENDS OF. IS THAT COUPLE PLANNING TO MARRY IF THE JUDGE RULES IN THEIR FAVOR? I ASKED THAT QUESTION. I THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE EXCITED. BUT ANSWER WOULD SURPRISE YOU. THEY WOULD NOT GET MARRIED IF THIS GOES IN THEIR FAVOR. SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT OVER THE LONG-TERM. LAST THING THEY WANT IS TO GET MARRIED AND FIND OUT THAT THEIR MARRIAGE IS ANNULLED AND VOID. IF HIGHER COURT DECIDES SOMETHING DIFFERENT. INTERESTING.

HAZEL PARK, Mich. -

Several local clergy people and other officials promise to be on hand to sign marriage licenses at the Washtenaw County Clerk's office if a federal judge rules for marriage equality in Michigan on Wednesday.

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Michigan law currently bans the state from issuing marriage licenses to same-gender couples or in any way recognizing their relationships.

Officials said state law also only allows single people or legally married couples to adopt children, but not two people whom the state does not recognize as married.

"I look forward to the day that I can sign marriage licenses for same-gender couples just as I do for opposite-sex couples," Rev. Deborah Dean-Ware of Church of the Good Shepherd in Ann Arbor said.

Church of the Good Shepherd says it is part of the United Church of Christ denomination and has long witnessed for equality.

It is possible that Judge Friedman may issue a ruling in the lawsuit on Wednesday. If he rules in favor of the Hazel Park family and does not issue a stay, that day church officials aid Rev. Dean-Ware and others who can legally officiate marriages will do so for couples who want to get married.

According to MLive, clerks in Bay, Clare, Ingham, Midland, Oakland, Tuscola and Washtenaw counties also indicated that they are ready to begin issuing licenses immediately after a ruling. However, MLive said many have not yet responded and others said they would wait for a directive from the state.

The officiants said they will gather at the Washtenaw County Clerk's Office at 200 North Main Street in Ann Arbor. Clerk Lawrence Kestembaum has said he is prepared to issue licenses to same-gender couples if the judge rules in their favor.

Angela Minicuci, a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Community Health, said officials are looking at revising the marriage license application form in case the ban is lifted but have not completed the work.

Officials said Michigan residents must apply for a license in the county in which at least one of them lives. They must bring with them to the clerk's office their photo identification documents -- generally a driver's license or state ID -- birth certificates, Social Security cards or Social Security numbers and $20 for the license fee. Couples obtain the license at the County Clerk's office.

Rev. Dean-Ware has gathered clergy from many faiths to sign licenses on the day the state begins to issue them.

"This will be a great day in the history of our state and a major milestone in the march toward equality for all God's children," Rev. Dean-Ware said.

Lawyer Dana Nessel will hold a press conference and rally on the steps of the federal courthouse in Detroit at 12 p.m. Wednesday.

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